Hi all,

For a cheaper alternative to the heavy plastic mesh you can use Dry Wall tape. Any hardware store will have it and sometimes craft shops are not around. The roll will be about 5 or 6 bucks but I have already used the one in the picture for about 12 plants and it still has about 50 more uses in it. At least. Its made from strong but very thin plastic. Before writing this I whent and checked all the plants that I've used this for and the mesh has not sagged on any. One of the plants is a huge rubber tree that has over six quarts of potting soil and an big root system on top of it.
Plus my favorite part is the mesh tape has a low tack side the adheres extremely well to a dry pot and does not budge or leave any residue.(you can see I stuck it to my computer for the pic) Remember its made for a heavy wet joint compound to be push into it and dried then sanded with out it moving of warping in any way!



Good luck and thanks for reading!

Anthony

This is very good stuff. Use it myself on the odd times too
Ken

Good stuff Anthony...I use it for speed when I pot after collecting.

Strange...I don't use it on "finish" stage pots. Chalk it up to being polite, correctness, or tradition.

Great tip Anthony, i will definately be getting some of that!

Dont think i would use it on finished bonsai either though......same reasons as Tom. I am sure that its all in the mind though!

Nice substitute, but the frugal, keeping in line with Tom, use screen mash available at most craft stores for $0.99/sheet.

I often have to use my screnn mesh as an cnhoring medium fir my roots. Drywall tape would fail.

Yup, Definitely not strong enough to anchor to!